Flipkart may handover pink slips to nearly 700 employees
Advertisement
India’s largest online marketplace Flipkart is acting tough on its underperforming employees and has asked them to put in their papers, else they will be terminated and given severance pay.
This decision byFlipkart , which has nearly 30,000 employees, is likely to affect 700 to 1,000 staff.
"The cleanup is a part of the process of making Flipkart a lean organisation," ET quoted one of the sources as saying.
Apparently, this is not the first time Flipkart has come down heavily on its non-performing employees.
Flipkart, in a statement, said “In situations where employees do not make progress despite being put on a performance improvement plan, they are encouraged to seek opportunities outside the company where their skills can be better utilised. This is a fairly common practice across various industries- especially in high performing internet organisations.”
Not only Flipkart, even Snapdeal is looking to do away with non-performing employees and recently as many as 200 people were asked to buckle up or move out.
ET quoted a former Flipkart employee saying how roles and expectations kept changing.
"I chose to resign and sent a formal mail to my manager, which was immediately accepted. While the company has been patient with its employees over the last four years, this time it was not," this person told ET. He had worked for three years in the company in several roles, with the last one in the marketplace division.
"Managers should have good facts and data substantiating why a particular person is a non-performer, and base his decision on factual data. There is also a lot of referencing that happens in this space and an organisation should be helping them in that regard as well," Harish Kumar, Managing Partner at Wenger & Watson, told ET.
(Image: Thinkstock)
Advertisement
This decision by
"The cleanup is a part of the process of making Flipkart a lean organisation," ET quoted one of the sources as saying.
Apparently, this is not the first time Flipkart has come down heavily on its non-performing employees.
Flipkart, in a statement, said “In situations where employees do not make progress despite being put on a performance improvement plan, they are encouraged to seek opportunities outside the company where their skills can be better utilised. This is a fairly common practice across various industries- especially in high performing internet organisations.”
Advertisement
ET quoted a former Flipkart employee saying how roles and expectations kept changing.
"I chose to resign and sent a formal mail to my manager, which was immediately accepted. While the company has been patient with its employees over the last four years, this time it was not," this person told ET. He had worked for three years in the company in several roles, with the last one in the marketplace division.
"Managers should have good facts and data substantiating why a particular person is a non-performer, and base his decision on factual data. There is also a lot of referencing that happens in this space and an organisation should be helping them in that regard as well," Harish Kumar, Managing Partner at Wenger & Watson, told ET.
(Image: Thinkstock)
Advertisement
- I got a $40K raise using this 30-second strategy. It made me realize loud work, not hard work, always wins.
- Qatar Airways' new CEO explains why it's sticking with the Airbus A380 as other airlines retire the costly superjumbo
- Prince Harry and Meghan found out about Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis on TV like everyone else, report says
- Kia India looks to expand sales, service network to 700 touchpoints by year-end
- Shapoorji Pallonji’s Afcons Infra files DRHP for ₹7,000 crore IPO
- Water crisis affects businesses across Bengaluru; Is there room for cautious optimism?
- BenQ Zowie EC2-CW review – Premium wireless mouse for gamers
- Banks' GNPAs set to improve further to 2.1 pc by FY25: Care Ratings